Harry Crosby

Been out for the weekend just got in, firstly i would like to congratulate all who have contributed to this topic some fantastic points have arose in this discussion this is what i used to love about sitting and listening to people in record bars some very intresting reading indeed

Adey i take my hat off to you and other promoters who took the scene by the scruff of the neck when it really needed it, Can`t imagine the feelings when for the first time you heard some of those unreleased tracks, Its through the hard work of promtors with such aforsight that imho we have such a healthy scene today

Whilst not wishing to be involved in any bad feelings, i think there is a point for both parties here, in recent years maybe the music has changed to incorporate our progressing years, also the time i was refering to would have been late 70`s early 80`s i was only 19/20 at that time, what i was trying to nail down wich records in your opinion changed the scene from the fast uptempo driving sound to the more mid tempo sound that began to shape the scene through the eighties at such places as stafford and so on, as i said earlier in this topic its a hard one to word correctly

Quite right too trev, ian was one of the few who never said HARRY YOU MUST BE MAD BUY OLDIES, THEY`LL ONLY GET BOOTED N GO DOWN IN PRICE! hmmmm nice to hear from ya trev, got me driving test soon so will be able to get around a bit more hoping to get to wilton more often this year whens it re-open?

And yet you would have thought, it would be the opposite especially in this day and age, after all comparing the size of america with the uk, and still we see week after week high value imports on numerous listings

Is it just me max or are you of the same opinion that whilst the value of american rarities have spiralled in price, the value of british records don`t seem to have been affected to the same extent, at one time the british record releases were the most desirable in my opinion

Being a young collector, if you were prepared to ask or sit and listen to more knowledgable people they were only too happy to pass on there knowledge, and your right in saying about the lack of media, you only learnt by either the above or trolling through thousands of records in boxes, nowadays its all there at the push of a button, luckily i was from york were there was a healthy record collecting scene, ie RON PEDLEY,CHRIS HOLMES, ALAN RHODES all who helped me on my way and of course mr tony coleby who was a great help in those days & still is today

Don`t think many of us were of that crowd adey, However for me as the casino told of its intention to close, the amount of records that came available through the record bar was unbelievable, it seemed if you had the money on you at one point, nothing was unavailable in there, don`t know wether people were of the opinion it was the end of northern soul, and time to sell up in a very short space of time i managed to get together i`d say 90% of richards now legendary 79/80 playlist most coming from that record bar. GREAT TIME FOR A YOUNG COLLECTOR

Of course your right there bazza, maybe ive worded the original post incorrectly,what i was getting at was all of a sudden instead of there maybe one out of a hundred played records being valued at £100 or more, at the time of the two records mentioned in my origonal post, it seemed more & more records were turning up with huge price tickets because of there rarity, and more and more people were willing to pay the price to own these records, hence a new kind of collecting was started, its very hard trying to find the right way of describing this, it just seemed that at one point there was a sudden influx of super rare discs being played over a short period of time, was it the people who were supplying the dj`s or the dj`s wanting there sets to stand alone above all others, maybe thats the case i don`t know, it just seems since that time a whole new way of record collecting began, and for some people the rarer the better

Thats correct chalky, of course i understand that northern soul was based on finding obscure tracks, the reason i posted this topic was i was looking at a richard searling playlist in an old northern noise, from 79/80 and although many of these records have either been re-issued, or booted, they have in no way diminished in price, as was the norm when this happened, so imho begining a whole new way of defining northern soul/ collecting, like chalky says rarity seemed to take over, from dance tempo records, There are some trully fantastic records that have either been overlooked or just underplayed,+many flip sides that are not played simply because they do not fit into todays rare soul scene, starting this topic certainly was not meant to offend anyone it was just open to discussion

Whilst pm`ing one of the members on s/s yesterday, we touched on the subject of wich records started the rare soul scene as we know it today, would be intresting to hear your views on this, we came up with cecil washington & john & the wierdest?

Another one of my favourites- SHE STANDS 5 FEET TALL AND A QUARTER THERE AINT A GOOD THING SHE DON`T HAVE SHE`S GOT GOOD THINGS IN GOOD ORDER ONE LOOK AND YOU WILL SEE WHY IVE GOT TO BRING HER IN ALIVE YES SHE`S WANTED IN THREE STATES AND HER CRIME IS HEARTBREAK TOP LYRICS BY MR HOLMAN OF COURSE LARRY CLINTON BRILLIANT WITH A CAPITAL B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 [OOPS MISSED OUT WEIGHS ONE TWENTY TWO AND A HALF}

Very intresting indeed, love stuff like that, well found

Thanks lads, could be asyou say one of pete`s tapes, people used to do me tapes all the time years ago, this could be a copy of one his tapes, love these two tracks so there acetate only then are they? there`s some fantastic stuff on the tape, sadly the quality`s begining to go now, don`t suppose you know if i could get either another copy or have any of these tracks been put onto cd format? many thanks HARRY

I HAVE A TAPE OF RARE MOTOWN TRACKS,& BELIEVE SOME ARE UNRELEASED, BUT AS USUAL OVER THE YEARS THE TRACK LISTINGS GONE WALKABOUT, THERE ARE TWO TRACKS THAT I LOVE BUT DON`T KNOW WHO DID THEM CAN YOU HELP? 1-FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE, 2- SWEET THING- INSTRUMENTAL [ AS SPINNERS] MANY THANKS HARRY

As you may have heard if your up to speed i havn`t run the junction for the past three years

OFTEN WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS MALC, WAS TOLD IF YOU TURN IT BACKWARDS, YOD GET TO KNOW WHAT HE SAID NOW I UNDERSTAND

yeh paul collinson, still around goes to drax i understand he`s living in or near bradford, i used to be a big friend of paul havn`t seen much of him latley still see kim white from selby in fact he`s djing in york at the junction leeman road york on sunday with me, met a lot of thos ads at st mary`s selby many moons ago

Just got a reply to my pm off neil, he`s overwhelmed by the amount of pm`s sending him best wishes hopefully things will get better for neil

Got one out of wh smiths on a mfp album years ago

wasn`t it joe mathews& the inverts-i don`t like to lose-kool kat 1004

Don`t know wether it was me first but when i told him of my copy on the stage at wigan he went nuts! n said he was never gonna play it again got mine of a lad from selby called colly, was at a dayer near selby highwaymans halt snaith, n we were talking record he said ive got a few for sale if you wanna pop to my house so we went n there it was in his sales box, also got a copy of leo & co HOTDOG-12" GAMMA that day wich i sold to ron padley n never seen another.

Thanks very much i just pm`d him understand he`s not having a good time of it at the moment, great lad along with dave raistrick,dave withers, tony colby, n ron pedly he was one who took the time to give help in my early years of record collecting. TOP GUY

Will do chalky thanks very much